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Workers have dredged a 14-mile river to open Iraq's largest port to major commercial traffic from th

Ivory is suddenly taboo in the United States. In an effort to save the elephant - recently d

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The chairman of GNP Commodities Inc. said at a Commodity Futures TradingCommission hearing F

India is loosening restriction on foreign investment to expand and improve its petrochemicals indust

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter will meet European Agriculture Commissioner

West Germany must maintain real interest rates sufficiently above U.S. rates to allow an appreciatio

ICC REJECTS BN BID TO DELAY UTILITY'S CASEThe Interstate Commerce Commission has rejected a

Donald Petersen will retire as chairman March 1. He will be succeeded by Harold Poling, Ford's vice

Creditors of Sanko Steamship Co. early this month approved a reorganization plan for the debt-ridden

Hungary will open the first stock exchange in Eastern Europe early next year as it paves a new road

World insurance premiums are forecast to come to a parting of the ways next year, with European poli

NORTHWEST AIRLINES (St. Paul, Minn.) - Thomas E. Devine was promoted to staff vice president, mainte

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HUGO CLAIMS UPDATE SCHEDULED FOR NOV. 14A report on the hundreds of thousands of insurance c

The third-quarter net loss of beleaguered but battling insurance broker Frank B. Hall widened to $19

EC LIKELY TO INCREASE FOOD AID FOR POLANDBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community should g

Momentum toward firmer rates among the major U.S. property-casualty insurance companies appears to b

Jacksonville Shipyards Inc. said it will close in January, idling up to 1,500 workers, unless a buye

Brazil, the country with the world's largest fuel alcohol program, soon will import methanol and eth

Average gasoline prices dipped again during the two weeks ending Nov. 2, the New York State Energy O

ACCESS ENERGY CORP. (Dublin, Ohio) - Harry L. Bush was named manager of natural gas sales. H

A recent round of layoffs has been unsettling, especially for the communities and individuals involv

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to open a new and larger lock system on the mid-Mississippi

JAPAN URGED TO HIKE TRADE AGENCY BUDGETU.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills urged Japan to

Nov. 10, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

1656 (Nov. 10, 1989) Previous day - 1654 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Michigan House Committee on Insurance reported out last week a bill that would prohibit the stat

The departure Thursday of China's paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping, from his last official position i

After years of relatively high-profile but low-impact work on auto insurance issues in Congress, Rep

Climax Molybdenum Co. of Greenwich, Conn., said it is reducing its list price for molybdic oxide in

Phillips Petroleum Co. says it will rebuild a smaller version of the high- density polyethylene plan

Rhode Island lawmakers will likely be asked to fine tune state workers compensation law to protect t

From hand-held radios for aircraft emergencies to a device that helps converging airplanes avoid mid

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OVERSEAS SHIPHOLDING CITES GAIN IN EARNINGSOverseas Shipholding Group Inc. said it had net i

Maritime unions should devote more resources to the political arena, according to an AFL-CIO officia

Nov. 9, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

The reluctance of seafarers to serve on older ships and their lack of suitable maintenance experienc

More-open markets in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union could prove a mixed blessing for the shippi